Texas Instruments (TI) Motor drivers support forum is an extensive online knowledge base where millions of technical questions and solutions are available 24/7. You can search motor drivers IC content or ask technical support questions on everything from brushless DC (BLDC) and brushed DC (BDC) motor drivers to stepper motor and other drivers for precise motor control. Find the right solution for your circuit design challenges by using our TI E2E™ support forums that are supported by thousands of contributing TI experts.
Frequent questions

  • [FAQ] MCF8316C-Q1: Spinning BLDC motors with Motor Studio - default JSON files for different specifications

    Part Number: MCF8316C-Q1 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MCF8329A , MCF8315C , MCT8316A Tool/software: Motor Studio is the primary GUI to evaluate the MCx family of devices (MCF8315C, MCF8316C, MCT8315, MCT8316, MCF8329A, etc). Its a powerful GUI for both…

  • [FAQ] Considerations when powering MCU from AVDD (DRV8328/DRV8329/DRV8329-Q1)

    Part Number: DRV8329 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: , DRV8328 Tool/software: Many of TI’s BLDC motor drivers feature a logic LDO output called AVDD. The aim with this LDO addition is to provide the opportunity for customers to get logic level voltage…

  • [FAQ] DRV8714-Q1: DRV8705/06/14/18-Q1 False VDS over current flag debug

    Part Number: DRV8714-Q1 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV8718-Q1 Tool/software: Gate driver (e.g DRV8714-Q1) has VDS over current protection. One of common debug work of gate driver is false VDS over current fault. Even if motor current is not high…

  • [FAQ] DRV8718-Q1: Gate driver high side configuration use case, negative spike concern without external (shotteky) diode.

    Part Number: DRV8718-Q1 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV8706-Q1 , , DRV8702-Q1 , DRV8106-Q1 , DRV8705-Q1 , DRV8714-Q1 , DRV8703-Q1 Tool/software: DRV8702-Q1, DRV8703-Q1, DRV8106-Q1, DRV8705-Q1, DRV8706-Q1, DRV8714-Q1, DRV8718-Q1 Gate driver can be used…

  • [FAQ] Ultrasonic Lens Cleaning FAQ

    Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV2911-Q1 , ULC1001 , ULC1001-DRV2911EVM , ULC1001-DRV290XEVM , ULC-HPB-DEMO , DRV2901 Design Resources Where can I find the reference design for ULC1001 and DRV2911-Q1 The ULC1001-DRV2911EVM / ULC1001-DRV290xEVM schematics…

  • [FAQ] DRV8703-Q1EVM: DRV8702/03-Q1 EVM GUI/MCU output PWM Duty polarity- flipped

    Part Number: DRV8703-Q1EVM Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV8702-Q1 , DRV8703-Q1 Tool/software: This is topic for DRV8702-Q1 and DRV8703-Q1 EVM. DRV8702/03-Q1 GUI can select PWM duty cycle from MCU GPIO on EVM On PWM mode, IN1/IN2 polarity is not matching…

  • [FAQ] Why won't my Motor Driver EVM connect to the GUI?

    Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430G2553 , MSP430F5528 , MSP430F5338 , MSPDRIVERLIB There are a few things that can cause an EVM to not connect to the GUI on the computer. Below walks through some common troubleshooting steps to fix EVM connectivity issues…

  • [FAQ] DRV8243-Q1: OLP:Load Monitoring SPEC items interpretation for DRV8242/43/44/45-Q1 and DRV8143/44/45-Q1

    Part Number: DRV8243-Q1 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV8244-Q1 , DRV8143-Q1 , DRV8242-Q1 , DRV8144-Q1 , DRV8245-Q1 , DRV8145-Q1 OLP: Load Monitoring SPEC items interpretation for DRV8242-Q1,DRV8243-Q1,DRV8244-Q1,DRV8245-Q1 and DRV8143-Q1,DRV8144-Q1,DRV8145…

  • [FAQ] How to drop a DRV8452 into a DRV8434S socket? Advantages?

    Part Number: DRV8452 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV8434S The DRV8452 (SPI version) and DRV8434S are pin-to-pin compatible with each other, with DRV8452 offering some newer features and performance improvements at a competitive price-point. Very…

  • [FAQ] Motor Studio GUI - EVM Firmware Compatibility

    Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MCF8316A , MCF8315A , MCF8329A , MSP430FR2355 , MSP-EXP430FR2355 Motor Studio Overview Our new Motor Studio is a new and improved GUI focused on ease-of-use and aimed at simplifying the tuning process of the MCx BLDC motor…

View FAQ threads